In the morning I spoke to the man clearing the roads of mud that washed down the mountains the night before. We had a thunderstorm and 3 inches of rain in a very short period of time; which fell on parched ground. Unfortunately not on the forest fire which continues to burn unchecked.

How do you define an area either with the use of words or photographs? Choosing these photographs I may find I will with time revise my impressions. My son recently moved to Northern California, What I thought I knew and what I now think are very different. These are views from his house.